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DAVID SHIELDS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1938 – March 5, 1966
Service recordDavid Shields, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 124
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 124
- JOEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CONRAD ALAN SIPPLECorporal · March 5, 1966
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 113
- PHILIP FITCHLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 115
- RICKEY DEAN GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 123
From Rutherford
- ROBERT CAROVILLANOSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPSLance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.